比較表現：比較を表す文型について詳しく解説
比較の 2 番目の部分 (下線付き) は、多くの場合節です。
The price was higher than we had expected .
That restaurant is not as good as it used to be .
It was the best nature documentary I’ve ever seen .
Than- 節
比較形容詞、副詞、または名詞句の後に節を導入するために than を使用できます。節 (下線付き) は、通常、短縮された節 (省略記号を含む節) または代用動詞 do を含む節です。
The house was bigger than we had imagined . （…想像以上に大きかった）
The journey took longer than expected . （…人々が予想していたよりも長くかかりました）
He finished the second part more quickly than he did the first part . （…彼が最初の部分を終えるよりも早く。）
He always spent more money than George did . (… ジョージが使ったよりも多くのお金。)
that または as ではなく than を使用して、比較形容詞または副詞の後に節を導入します。
We finished the job quicker than we had expected.
否: … quicker that we had expected 。または… quicker as we had expected 。
That
最上級の後に that 句を使用できます。
Until 2005, the film had made the most money that any British film had ever made .
非公式な状況では、次の that を省略できます。
It was the biggest fire (that) anyone had ever seen .
It was the least expensive restaurant (that) we ate at , but the food was excellent.
以下も参照してください。